Bag-holder



(No Model.)

F. M; NICHOLSON.

BAG HOLD-ER.- No. 352,835. Patented Nov. 16, 1886.

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FRANK M. NICHOLSON, OF HUNTS, NEW YORK.

BAG-HOLDER.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 352,835, dated November 16, 1886.

Application filed June 24, 1886.

To all whom it may concern:.

Be it known that I, FRANK M. NIoHoLsoN,

a citizen of the United States of America, re-

siding at Hunts, in the county of Livingston and State of New York, have invented certain new and usefulImp'rovementsin Bag-Holders; and I do hereby declare the following to be a full, clear, and exact description of the invention, such as will enable others skilled in the art to which it appertains to make and use the same, reference being hadto the accompanying drawing, and to letters or figures of reference marked thereon, which form a part of this specification. Myinvention relates to certain new and useful improvements in bag-holders, the object of the same being to provide a cheap and effective means for holding bags so that they can be readily filled with grain, the device being constructed so that the bag can be readily attached and detached therefroin. In the accompanying drawing, which illustrates my invention, the figure is a perspective view of a bag-holder constructed in accord-. ance with my improvement. A and A represent converging side frames, which consist of bars a a, which are rigidly braced to each other by cross-bars at. upper ends of the bars a a are beveled or rounded on their inner sides. as shown at b,

and to the opposite sides of the uprights a acurved metallic bars or pins 0 c are attached, said bars or hooks being adapted to engage with the upper edge of the bag, so as to hold the sameiuposition, with the upper end open, so that said bag can be filled. i

B B refer to pivoted bars, which are attached to the side pieces, am, of. the frame A by means of bolts, the opposite ends of these bars B B being provided with perforations d d, which engagewith bolts attached to the frame A, said bolts passing through the perforations in the bars, and being held upon the same by. means of thumb-screws. By providing the bars B with adjusting means the distance between the upper ends of the frames can be adjusted so as to suit bags of different sizes.

0 refers to a bar, which is pivotally attached to one of the side bars of the frame A, the

The.

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outer end of the same having curved slots or recesses e in the under side thereof, which are adapted toengage with the projecting pin 6.

This bar is employed for increasing and. di-

of the frame A, so as to steady or hold rigidthe supports.

The bag to be filled is placed between the frames A'and A and the bars B B, the upper edge of said bag being placed over the hooks c c, the upper bars B being first adjusted in accordance to the width of the bag. After the bag has been filled with grain the distance be- 70 tween the hooks c a can be diminishedby releasing the bar 0 after first detaching the hook D, thus placing the frame in a position whereby the bag can be readily removed from the hooks.

The device hereinbefore described is cheap in construction, and when not in usethe parts can befoldd upon each other, so as to occupy but little space. 7

I claim- A bag-holder comprising the converging side frames, A and A, provided at. their up: per ends with pins 0 0, the frame A also having the pin 6 and the frame A the perforations f. the bars B B, pivotally attached to one of the side frames and adj ustably attached to the other, a bar, 0, provided with recesses e, adapted to engage with the projecting pin e, and the pivoted hook D, attached to the bar 0 and adapted to engage with theperforations f, substantially as described, and for the purpose set forth. l 1

In testimony whereof I affix my signature. 

